Productive Weekend

Yesterday, I worked on the house, maintaining the cleaning job we did last week. Not a big deal, exactly, since no one was here to mess it up.

Today, I promised myself that I would work on my bedroom. For those of you who are uninitiated, my room is what used to be the garage. Everything that once was in the garage got put on the patio...and, because there is a big walk-in closet in my room, everything that has no other place in the house ends up there. Thus, the two trashiest places in the house/yard are my bedroom and the patio. I started to commence to begin work at getting rid of "schtuff" and finding places for things I don't want to throw away. Sometimes I have to talk to myself about it. "Why am I saving this?" "Where did this come from?" "What was I thinking??" I actually found the floor in places. Meg asked, "What is that tan stuff down there?" Silly girl! The room will not be done in a week. (Heck, it hasn't been done in the year since the remodeling was completed!) But at least I got a start on it. I will keep on keepin' on. Maybe before the snow flies, I can have a nice bedroom and patio. Will keep you posted on that!

This afternoon, I met my friend Ryan and his wife, Bonnie, for supper at Olive Garden. We need to do more of that sort of thing! Ryan knows my house intimately...he has done so many repairs around the place! Bonnie is most patient, I think. She gave me a hug. I should have been the one to initiate that! They are both retired, as I am. We had a good time, although it was cut somewhat short by the fact that my grandchildren were due home and Meg was nowhere to be found. When I got to the house, Nathan and the children were waiting. Ugh!

It has been cool today. I like it but know that it is only an indicator of things to come. I hope God grants me time to get through the fall season!